Colorado · Chaffee County
Past Producer

Calumet Mine

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
IronTungstenCopperVermiculiteMagnesiteCorundum
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Description

Colorado Coal And Iron Company?

Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryTungsten, Copper, Vermiculite
TertiaryMagnesite, Corundum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlLeadville Fm Between Two Enclosing Sills; Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Corundum, Hematite, Limonite, Magnesite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Vermiculite
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Tremolite, Wernerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Leadville Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, West Flank Pleasant Valley Syncline, 2 Faults (Trending N 15 E, N 60 W)
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationContact Metamorphism With Bleaching, Marmorization, Epidotization, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Last production1928
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10101849
MRDS IDD010350
Alternate namesCalumet Iron Mine, Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit, Patented Lode Claims: Calumet, Calumet No. 2, Hecla, Hecla No. 2,, Smithville, Smithville No. 2, Patented Placer Claims: Calumet, Hecla-Williamson, Smithville, Cf&I Co. Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.63737, -105.94785
References
OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COLORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS, 42 P.BEHRE, C.H., OSBORN, E.F., RAINWATER, E.H., 1936, CONTACT ORE DEPOSITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 781-804.VAN DIVER, B.B., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET MINING DISTRICT, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THESIS, P.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7. & &BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 8, NO. 5, P. 6.HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH 1942-43: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227.?PEARL, R.M., 1958, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: SAGE BOOKS, P. 86-90.BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 14-17.HARRER, C.M. (1959); BHUTTA, M.A. (1954)